Phillip krakauer



P. KRAKAUER.

SPRING PAD.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3.1918.

TL 25,874. Patented Dec. 23,1919.

IN VEN TOR 2 P Krakauer 7 W M a c g m ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENTorinon.

PHILLIP KRAKAUER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Be it known that I, PHILLIP KRAKAUER, a citizen of the United States,and resident of the city of New York, in the county of Kings and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSpring-Pads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to spring pads, and especially to those used incushions, mattresses and other types of spring seats, wherein a seriesof spiral coiled wire springs .are emplo ed. 1

The object of this invention is the. provision of a simple, noiseless,cheap and easily constructed spring pad which has many of the advantagesof the more expensive types of pads.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a spring pad inwhich a minimum quantity of fabric is used without detracting from theeflicacy of the pad.

To accomplish the aforesaid ob ects, I em ploy the construction shown inthe accompanying drawings, in which Fi ure 1 is a plan view of myimproved cushion, it being understood that the top and bottom views arethe same.

Fig. 2 is a front View of a pair of spring coils showing the strips offabric held be tween them.

Fig. 3 is a greatly enlarged vertical section on the line 1-1 of Fig. 1,and Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing a modification of myimprovement.

In the preferred form of my invention, springs 11, preferably in theform of-spiral coils of wire are arranged in parallel rows, preferablyin the position shown in Fig. 1. Running in one direction, a set ofnarrow strips 2,'preferably made of cheap fabric, are inserted with theface substantially upright between the springs 11 at the points wherethe springs of a row are nearest each other, another set of similarstrips 2, inter secting th first set, being inserted between springs ofadjacent rows.

The narrow strips are employed for the purpose of cutting down to aminimum the lit] quantity of fabric needed for the construction of myimproved pad. Springs 11 are prevented from coming in contact with eachother by said strips 2, which are firmly held between any two adjacentsprings 11 by the sual fastening means as clip 3 or string 4.

I n one method of holding the parts together,

I Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 23, 1919.

Applicationfiled June 3, 1918. Serial No. 237,851.

a portion a of strip 2 is partly Wrapped around the end turn 1 of thesprings and held on to said turn by the fastening means 3 or 4, wherebythe end turns of adjacent springs '11 are held together with strips 2between them. A'portion of strip 2 serves strip 2 inclosedby clip 3resists any attempted movement of end turn 1 within said clip, by reasonof which the sprin s are more securely held together than Wou d be thecase were the clip fastened to the metal of the springs directly. Bypreventing direct rubbing of adjacent end turns 1 on each other when thesprings are depressed, any noise resulting from whatever rubbing thereis, is absorbed and deadened by the fabric, thereby giving a resultsimilar to (ghat obtained in the higher priced spring pa s.

It is obvious that instead of doubling strip 2 and wrapping each end 5thereof around turns 1, (Fig. 4) the same result may be obtained by theuse of two separate strips of fabric. which would be equivalent todividing said strip in two at point 7.

It is also obvious that ends 5 may be inserted between turns 1 withoutbeing wrapped around them, so that the ends of strip 2 are held betweensaid turns when said turns are firmly drawn together and fastened.

A further advantage of using and arranging strips 2 as shown in Fig. 1is that the spaces between springs 11 are almost entirely closed bymeans of said strips thereby preventing any stuffing thereafter placedin the cushion from working its way between the springs and preventingsaid springs from functioning properly.

\Vhat I claim is: y

In a spring pad. a series of coil wire springs arranged in parallelrows, means for preventing contact between the end turns of adjacentsprings comprising substantially straight, narrow, 1ndependent strips ofcloth mserted with the face substantially vertical between the end turnsof adjacent springs at the points where said springs are nearest eachother, and means at the aforementioned points for fastening said endturns together whereby a portion of said strip is held between said endturns at said nearest points. 10 Signed at New York, in the'county ofKings, and State of New York, this 1st day of June, A. D. 1918.

PHILLIP KRAKAUER.

